Palauan passport
The Palauan Passport is an international travel document that is issued to Palauan citizens which is issued centrally at the Passport Office in Meyuns, Palau.
| Palauan passport | |
|---|---|
 Palauan passport front cover | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Expiration | 10 years |
History
Issuance of the Palauan passport began on 8 December 1994, whilst official and diplomatic passports were first issued on 9 December 1994.[1]
In accordance with law RPPL7-3, on 31 December 2006, all non-machine readable Palauan passports automatically expired and from 1 January 2007 onwards, only machine readable Palauan passports are valid travel documents, even if a non-machine readable passport has not yet reached its expiry date.[2]
Visa requirements
As of 02 July 2019, Palauan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 118 countries and territories, ranking the Palauan passport 50th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[3]
Palau signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Schengen Area countries on 7 December 2015.[4]
Application
Applying for an ordinary Palauan passport currently costs USD50.[5]
References
- "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2019" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
